humbly
adverbattested in dialogue
- //ˈhʌmbli//
In a humble manner.
adverb
- 1
In a humble manner.
I humbly accept this award.
Hee hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doeth the Lord require of thee, but to do iustly, and to loue mercy, and to walke humbly with thy God?
At the end of a week, she could bear the suspense no longer, and so went humbly to her old home and sought forgiveness.
The greatest difficulty is to do great things humbly.
Etymology
From Middle English humbely, humbliche, equivalent to humble + -ly. Displaced Old English ēaþmōdlīċe.
Forms
- comparative
- more humbly
- superlative
- most humbly